A grocery bag full of meth leads to arrest at Salton City border patrol checkpoint

Two women and a man were arrested for allegedly smuggling heroin and methamphetamine through a Salton City border patrol checkpoint, according to a report by Customs and Border Patrol.

The three were traveling northbound on Highway 86 late Saturday night, when they were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint near Salton City. After border patrol searched the silver Dodge Journey with a drug-sniffing dog, a secondary inspection was ordered, the release states.

During a more in-depth inspection, the officers found a crystalline substance in a grocery bag, two syringes filled with a dark liquid as well as plastic containers filled with what was later identified as heroin, according to the report.

According to CBP, officers seized 1.17 pound of heroin, 1.56 pounds of meth and a small amount of cannabis, totaling a value of about $16,000.

The male driver and his two female passengers were detained for further investigation. During further questioning, the female passengers revealed that they had also been hiding plastic packages "in their groin area," the report reads.